The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours

#1

Post by sgdesign » Tue, May 22, 2012, 2:02 AM UTC

The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours
sachagreif.com

Re: The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours

#2

Post by sgdesign » Tue, May 22, 2012, 2:15 AM UTC

Something that I haven't mentioned in the article is that for me, Hacker News is a big motivation when doing this kind of small week-end project.

Obviously a site can get popular without HN, but having an audience to launch to plus immediate feedback feels much more gratifying to me.

Re: The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours

#3

Post by creamyhorror » Tue, May 22, 2012, 2:42 AM UTC

I'm kind of flabbergasted at how good that Construct theme is. I've looked at themes on ThemeForest and didn't see anything of that calibre for sale. Now I'm awkwardly wondering whether I can buy a theme for my Rails site instead of amateurishly hamfisting it myself. Arggh.

edit: Wonderful collection, so many of these sites look really useful and/or inspiring. Great work man.

Re: The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours

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Post by rmATinnovafy » Tue, May 22, 2012, 2:50 AM UTC

sgdesign wrote: post #2

Something that I haven't mentioned in the article is that for me, Hacker News is a big motivation when doing this kind of small week-end project. Obviously a site can get popular without HN, but having an audience to launch to plus immediate feedback feels much more gratifying to me.

Yes, that is one of the many virtues of HN. The wide audience. Not only that, but the type of audience that can and will provide constructive input.

Nothing quite like it.

Also, congrats on the project.

Do you have an email to where I could contact you?

Re: The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours

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Post by sgdesign » Tue, May 22, 2012, 2:54 AM UTC

rmATinnovafy wrote: post #4

sgdesign wrote: post #2

Something that I haven't mentioned in the article is that for me, Hacker News is a big motivation when doing this kind of small week-end project. Obviously a site can get popular without HN, but having an audience to launch to plus immediate feedback feels much more gratifying to me.

Yes, that is one of the many virtues of HN. The wide audience. Not only that, but the type of audience that can and will provide constructive input. Nothing quite like it. Also, congrats on the project. Do you have an email to where I could contact you?

Sure, use http://sachagreif.com/contact

Re: The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours

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Post by sgdesign » Tue, May 22, 2012, 2:58 AM UTC

creamyhorror wrote: post #3

I'm kind of flabbergasted at how good that Construct theme is. I've looked at themes on ThemeForest and didn't see anything of that calibre for sale. Now I'm awkwardly wondering whether I can buy a theme for my Rails site instead of amateurishly hamfisting it myself. Arggh. edit: Wonderful collection, so many of these sites look really useful and/or inspiring. Great work man.

If you're looking for great themes, I recommend Orman Clark's work: http://www.themezilla.com/ The only problem for me was that his themes are not responsive.

Re: The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours

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Post by squish101 » Tue, May 22, 2012, 3:16 AM UTC

Hi, just a heads up, I think your site has the XSS vulnerability, namely parameter "s" - common in wordpress search function. To see it in action, try adding "/?s=aaaalert(16354)" at the end.

Re: The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours

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Post by sgdesign » Tue, May 22, 2012, 3:20 AM UTC

squish101 wrote: post #7

Hi, just a heads up, I think your site has the XSS vulnerability, namely parameter "s" - common in wordpress search function. To see it in action, try adding "/?s=aaa alert(16354) " at the end.

That didn't do anything for me. I'd hope WordPress escapes MySQL and JS code from query strings, that seems like a pretty big vulnerability…

Re: The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours

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Post by josephhardin » Tue, May 22, 2012, 3:21 AM UTC

Considering the time span you set this up in, you should consider doing a screencast from beginning to end setting something like this up. A lot of us could learn from that, seeing a full site from beginning to launch.

Re: The Toolbox: From Idea to Launch in 10 Hours

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Post by creamyhorror » Tue, May 22, 2012, 4:13 AM UTC

sgdesign wrote: post #6

creamyhorror wrote: post #3

I'm kind of flabbergasted at how good that Construct theme is. I've looked at themes on ThemeForest and didn't see anything of that calibre for sale. Now I'm awkwardly wondering whether I can buy a theme for my Rails site instead of amateurishly hamfisting it myself. Arggh. edit: Wonderful collection, so many of these sites look really useful and/or inspiring. Great work man.

If you're looking for great themes, I recommend Orman Clark's work: http://www.themezilla.com/ The only problem for me was that his themes are not responsive.

Those look like Wordpress themes, though...my site is on Rails. Thanks for the suggestion nonetheless!